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Knowledge Stew - Daniel Ganninger
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): business (52), cultures (180), politics (118), space (223), STEM (298), trivia (19)
In the Classroom
Share a link to Knowledge Stew on classroom computers or your class webpage. Have students share an article of interest from the site with peers then complete some of their own research. Ask them to save their resources using a bookmarking site like Papaly, reviewed here. Papaly allows you to collaboratively share web resources and include comments. When finished, have students create a video explanation about what they learned using Powtoon, reviewed here. PowToon allows you to easily create video explanations by following step-by-step directions.Smithsonian X 3D - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): coral (11), dinosaurs (43), electricity (61), fossils (41), jamestown (6), lincoln (66), magnetism (36), museums (53), presidents (135), space (223), STEM (298), virtual field trips (129)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these many resources to take a virtual visit with your class to the Smithsonian Museum. View artifacts and tours together on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector then allow students to explore on their own. After viewing a tour, ask students to research a topic further. Instead of a written report have students create an online quiz for fellow students using a quiz tool like Knowt, reviewed here. Use a video response tool like Gravity, reviewed here for student collaboration and sharing of research. Extend learning by asking students to create their own virtual field trip using Google Earth, reviewed here. Have students add articles, images, and videos to locations featured on their virtual trip.Kami - Kami, Ltd
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): collaboration (93), editing (93)
In the Classroom
Use Kami on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector to share and highlight information on documents during lessons. Ask students to use this site to highlight information. For example, in short stories have students highlight foreshadowing events, character clues, or descriptive phrases. Have students use the document to create an annotated image of the excerpt from the story using Google Drawings, reviewed here. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more to provide details explaining the original document. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here. Google Drawings can be used for a variety of assignments in any classroom that is integrating technology as an enhancement, modification, or transformation. With Google Drawings you can add narration, links to text, videos, and images to provide details explaining the original document.Edge Features:
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
Dictionary.com - Dictionary.com, LLC
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (147), dictionaries (48), game based learning (205), thesaurus (22), word choice (14)
In the Classroom
Use this online dictionary instead of printed dictionaries and thesauruses in the classroom. Be sure to share a link to this site on your class website. Display the word of the day on your interactive whiteboard as a lesson starter during writing or language arts lessons. Ask students to include featured words during writing activities using Google Documents, then highlight each time the word is used. Take it a "tech" step further and have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as WordItOut, reviewed here. Dive even deeper and have students or groups of students create daily video presentations featuring their choice for word of the day (or week) using a tool like Powtoon, reviewed here. Share their videos on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Cabinet of Curiosities - Philippe Cousteau Jr.
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): anthropology (10), careers (156), communication (129), ecology (103), engineering (129), marine biology (31), oceans (149), STEM (298)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save to use when exploring career options with students. Ask students to use information found on this site and others to create an infographic sharing information about a chosen career. Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, offers many templates for creating infographics. To increase student knowledge of options within STEM careers, have groups of students create a weekly podcast sharing different career fields. Buzzsprout, reviewed here, is an online tool to use when creating and hosting podcasts.Typely - typely.com
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): editing (93), grammar (137), proofreading (21), spelling (97), writing (324)
In the Classroom
Bookmark Typely for use with any writing projects to allow students to concentrate on content instead of grammar. Be sure to share a link on your class webpage and classroom computers for students to use with written work. Ask students to analyze their writing by sharing a before and after analysis as a one-time blog post using Telegra.ph, reviewed here, or as part of their digital portfolio using bulb, reviewed here. as a digital portfolio tool. bulb offers a variety of options for building a personalized webpage without knowledge of coding.Understood - Understood.org USA LLC
Grades
K to 12tag(s): emotions (49), learning disability (21), learning styles (18), preK (270), professional development (385), racism (79), social and emotional learning (103), Special Needs (53), Teacher Utilities (198)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as an excellent tool for finding learning resources for classroom students and sharing with parents. Understood includes several helpful resources for parents and educators on how to discuss and teach about racism, use the search feature to find activities to incorporate into your current units about race and prejudice. Be sure to share a link to the site with parents on your class website or newsletter. Use items found on this site as part of your professional development activities. Organize participant's thoughts and ideas using a mind mapping tool like MindMup, reviewed here. Share websites, articles, and resources related to your topic using a bookmarking tool such as Papaly, reviewed here. Papaly allows you to share resources and add comments making collaboration easy for participants. Expand your learning and collaboration efforts using a tool like Gravity, reviewed here. Gravity is a video response tool that allows you to record a question and gather video responses. As a final product and follow-up to send to your participants, share information learned from this site and others through a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here. Sway is an easy to use tool for creating professional-looking online presentations including video, images, text, and more.Bing Images - Microsoft
Grades
K to 12tag(s): clip art (11), creative commons (28), images (263), Microsoft (80), photography (131)
In the Classroom
Bookmark Bing images to use when searching for images to use in newsletters, your class website, research projects, and more. Choose an interesting image from one of Bing's categories to use for writing prompts. Then, extend students' learning by asking them to create a simple one-page website using a free webpage maker like Carrd, reviewed here, to share their creative writing projects. Create a Microsoft account and log in to save images. Add your saved images to collections to organize and share content with others. Use images to create animated videos using a video tool like Typito, reviewed here. Typito offers drag and drop features for uploading your images and video, text, music, and templates.MakerSpace Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): circuits (20), coding (85), creativity (86), engineering (129), makerspace (40), musical instruments (52), robotics (24), STEM (298)
In the Classroom
Use these resources for your digital MakerSpace. Find tools for all grades. There are also a few sites that have more information for educators just learning about MakerSpace. Some of these resources are ideal for individual devices.Computational Thinking - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): computational thinking (40), engineering (129), logic (161), problem solving (233), STEM (298)
In the Classroom
Bring problem-solving and computational thinking into your classroom with these tools. Share on your class website, projector, whiteboard, or on individual devices. Topics range from coding to charts to logic.Design Thinking - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): architecture (76), circuits (20), creativity (86), data (151), problem solving (233), STEM (298), thinking skills (17)
In the Classroom
Share these resources on your class website or your interactive whiteboard (where appropriate). Use these tools to deepen your students' understanding of this complex topic. There are tools here for all ages, although most are designed for secondary students.Data Literacy - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Learn more about data literacy for both you and your students. Some curricular topics include climate, measurement, data, graphs, and more. Share these resources with your students to help them deepen their data literacy.Connections Newsletters - Consortium for Media Literacy
Grades
K to 12tag(s): internet safety (114), media literacy (109), professional development (385)
In the Classroom
Use ideas found in the newsletters on this site as the basis for professional development sessions. Organize participant's thoughts and ideas using a mind mapping tool like MindMup, reviewed here. Share websites, articles, and resources related to your topic using a bookmarking tool such as Papaly, reviewed here. Papaly allows you to share resources and add comments making collaboration easy for participants. Expand your learning and collaboration efforts using a tool like Gravity, reviewed here. Gravity is a video response tool that allows you to record a question and gather video responses. As a final product, share information learned from this site and others through a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here. Sway is an easy to use tool for creating professional-looking online presentations including video, images, text, and more.Moonshot Learning - Moonshot Learning
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): commoncore (73), computers (109), ethics (21), financial literacy (94), genetics (80)
In the Classroom
Use Moonshot Learning activities across the curriculum and to differentiate instruction based on student interest. Many of these activities are perfect for extension activities and for use with Gifted students. After completing activities found on this site have students create a multimedia presentation using Genial.ly, reviewed here. Genial.ly allows you to add polls, audio, videos, embeds, web links, PowerPoint, PDfs, and more.Stockio - stockio.com
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): creative commons (28), images (263), photography (131)
In the Classroom
Before using, share this site with students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector and demonstrate how to save files. Ads by images can be deceiving and lead to other download sites, not to the download of your requested file.Use Stockio in the classroom any time images are needed for projects, even if the project is not put on a website for others to see. Even though the site says "no attribution required," it is a good idea to have students acknowledge, or as the site says "appreciate," the origin of the image; this will help to get them into the habit of citing their sources. Student groups can use Stockio to find the best image to use for a project collectively. Challenge students to create personalized images (with text) using PicFont, reviewed here. Teachers can collect images for use on their interactive whiteboard for sorting activities (monocots and dicots, producers and consumers, etc.). Use images as a writing prompt or in poetry collections. Art teachers can find images for students to use as references or in photo-montages (with attribution or "appreciation" as they say on the site). For an easy online photo editor and montage maker, try using Pixlr, reviewed here. Elementary teachers can use images from this site as part of student-run interactive whiteboard activities, such as labeling parts of plants. Speech and language or ESL/ELL teachers can find images to use in vocabulary development activities. World language teachers can find cultural photos to use in oral exercises.
TechTerms Computer Dictionary - Sharpened Productions
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): computers (109), dictionaries (48), quizzes (90), STEM (298)
In the Classroom
Save this site on your computer and student computers to quickly look up any technology terms. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class sharing technology terms using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Consolidate information learned from the site to create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Image Annotator, reviewed here. Take your student's learning to a higher level and ask them to create commercials or short video discussions of technology using a tool such as Powtoon, reviewed here, then share them using a tool such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.Room Escape Maker - doctorfou.com
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): game based learning (205), gamification (83), makerspace (40)
In the Classroom
Increase student engagement in any subject through this form of gameplay! Create games to introduce main concepts within the escape room. Ask students to create a game using the information they have learned to share with fellow students. Before creating a game, have students map out information and strategies they will include in a blog format using a tool like edublogs, reviewed here. Ask fellow students to share comments describing their problem-solving process as they try to escape the room.ReClipped - Anjoy Tech Labs
Grades
K to 12tag(s): collaboration (93), conversions (37), movies (54), video (266)
In the Classroom
Use ReClipped to make sharing portions of videos easier by including only the segments needed. Add notes or questions for students to follow. Create a classroom board to share with students highlighting important information for any topic. Ask students to create their own snippets to share information or back up their point of view. Have tech-savvy students create their own videos and make snippets demonstrating how to use different features of ReClipped. After viewing longer videos, ask students to create snippets of what they consider to be the most critical portions and use the annotation feature to explain their choice.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
Fake Text Message - iFakeTextMessage.com
Grades
2 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): creative writing (124), digital storytelling (154), writing prompts (61)
In the Classroom
Use Fake Text Message to bring lessons to students through their digital world. Ask students to create made-up text messages between book characters or world leaders during a crisis. In math, have students create a conversation discussing methods for solving a difficult problem. Take advantage of the editing tools such as battery life and signal strength indicator to demonstrate urgency in different situations. Have students include images of text messages created into a Google document as part of a written report. Use a text sequence as a prompt for creative writing. Take your text messages to a different level and have students create podcasts incorporating text messages using a tool like Podcast Generator, reviewed here.The Time Now - Shane Buck
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): calculators (36), calendars (37), moon (73), space (223), sun (71), time (91), time zones (7), weather (160)